Daily Archives: November 11, 2007
As noted earlier, Braves 3B Chipper Jones made a few choice comments in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week, which were directed at David 
Wright, who won this year’s Gold Glove at third base.
Jones referred to Wright’s success as, “a head scratcher.”
In the New York Post, Mark Hale quotes Wright as saying among other things…
“Honestly I could care less. I respect what Chipper does in this game. I respect Chipper as a player. But what he says to the papers doesn’t mean anything to me personally. I don’t take anything he says to heart.”
…i can understand chipper being snippy had we, the fans, voted…but the Gold Glove is determined by his colleagues…it’s not like wright lobbied the fans, or the team lobbied for him, etc…chipper’s colleagues picked wright…you know, maybe it’s because of dumb comments like this that chipper was ignored by the voters…
According to the New York Post, the Yankees will make a new three-year, $40 million contract offer to free-agent C Jorge Posada tomorrow.
…all signs continue to suggest posada wants a fourth year…and so, as i keep saying, it only makes sense that he will use the open market, i.e., the Mets, to bump up the Yankees offer, which he’ll most likely accept…
The Phillies have re-signed LHP J.C. Romero to a three-year, $12 million contract.
The deal includes a club option for a fourth year which would bring the value of the contact to $16.75 million.
In 51 appearances for the Phillies last season, Romero was 1-2 with a 1.24 ERA.
…i’m shocked to see romero get a three-year deal here…all this for a guy who averaged 6.4 walks per nine innings…why teams continue to get bogged down with long-term contracts for relievers is beyond me…call me crazy, but i think he’s gonna have a hard time replicating the same success in future seasons…
